Arts & Sciences
Riddle 64 (Old English)
From The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, ed. Krapp and Dobbie, vol. III (1936)
Arts & Sciences
Ic seah ᚹ ond ᛁ ofer wong faran,
beran ᛒ ᛖ; bæm wæs on siþþe
hæbbendes hyht ᚻ ond ᚪ
swylce þryþa dæl, ᚦ ond ᛖ.
Gefeah ᛇ ond ᚫ fleah ofer ᛠ
ᛋ ond ᛈ sylfes þæs folces.
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Codex Note
Old English text as in ASPR; hand-keyed e-text via sacred-texts.com.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 64 (Old English).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/146/.
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Anonymous (Old English). “Riddle 64 (Old English).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-english/146/.
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